Why are thugs doing this???

I was indeed very alarmed to learn about the 2 cases of death involving a group of teenagers. One was in Downtown East whereas the other was in Bukit Panjang. As what was being said in a local Chinese tabloid magazine, the culprit for the Downtown East case was the 369 gang. Sadly, both of the victims were from Republic Polytechnic. An astonishing detail about the Downtown East incident was that it occured due to staring.

Psychologically, staring does impose a insecure and restless feeling towards the person being stared at. However, this does not mean that a person can stir a fight out of such a trivial reason. Clearly, we can see that the person who got stared was challenged and intimidated to discover that another person was staring at him. It is very superficial for one to think in that manner. I think this mentality arise due to the immaturity of one person's mindset and of course, egoism. Immaturity in this case is simply linked to generalising. These thugs generalises that when people stare at them, the people intend to create an outrage with them. They may not think that these people might have only gazed or glanced at them. Or for some reasons, passers-by may have the intention to, out of curiosity or wonder, take a look at a stranger in a significantly long time. As mentioned, these thugs may be egoistic and too self-centred such that they felt that when someone stares at them, it simply means that they have something wrong in them that caused him to stare. And thus, fighting occurs.

In a nutshell, this comes back to the issue of upbringing. These thugs may not be cultivated the character of selflessness and self-control. It is inevitable for one to soemtimes get angry over trivial matters, but self-control is crucial to prevent someone go overboard to the extent of murdering others. We can link this social problem to the family structure of these thugs in Singapore. Apparently, when a child joins a gang would mean that he lacks of security, love, care and company in the family institution, causing them to look upon other people. But in this case, it is the wrong people. Also, these gangsters may be facing family violence from young which caused hurting people part of their culture.

By looking at this problem, parents should be aware that they are the main people who are responsible in the upbringing of their children. Like what we heard a saying since ages ago that goes, "Kids will learn from their parents." Hopefully, the recent Downtown East and Bukit Panjang death incident would give parents the awareness to give the utmost care to their children. And for those teenagers out there, always think before you act. Inner strength and self-respect is always important to guide us to the right path. True friends are always present to guide, and that is a reality.

Alright...I am off to study for my Foundations of Math test tomorrow

I'm back to blog, guys! ^^

Hello people! I am back here to blog again! Was looking through all the entries that I had, showed them to Jason, reminiscing the old days. So I have decided to start blogging again.

It is already more than halfway through the semester. University life for me is quite hectic, busy but fun. The fact that I have to juggle both work and school really helped me to be a better person in terms of time management and planning. McDonald's, on the other hand, had also taught me on how to value the right people, be strong on setbacks that may strike me and of course improve my customer service skills. I always find myself very lucky to be in McDonald's Forum Galleria. Only in my workplace where I can find jovial, outgoing aunts like Rohayah, Lee Chiew, Stephanie, Doris and many others. Only in my workplace where I can learn how to love, care and concern about the fellow employee. And most importantly, of course, my workplace is where I have met Jason. My best friend, my best buddy, my brother.

To more serious stuff, it puzzled me hearing about undergrads' mentality and purpose of entering the university. It may not be foreign to most undergrads out there when we talk about these dialogues:

"In uni, we have to get a girl and mingle around with chicks!"
"Hall life is fun and exciting, especially with the girls around."
"I can't wait to start school so that I can get the girls."
and so on and so forth...(disclaimer: these are the different things that I heard from my own experience, some may not have heard)

In general, the youths that are in the university now are prioritizing their social life instead of academics. Frankly I would say that such idea is indeed recommended because in a competitive world, we are looking at interpersonal skills, creativity and outspokenness and not only conformed to the 'cookie cutter' system. But sadly, these youths see it in another way, which may seem unhealthy. Having such thinking may turn out to be the mindset of promiscuity. It is not a surprise when we were to hear erotic but embarrassing stories happening in the halls involving undergrads. These breed of undergrads are the ones who degrade the integrity of undergrads. University students, ideally, have to be thinking inividuals, smart on both the sciences but in terms morals too. They are assumed to think about relevant and intellectual issues and not trivial, immature ones. As a result, morals became detrimental and it defeats the status quo of us being Asian citizens. 

Looking at such problems, there should be no argument against the senior citizens who claim that the cleverer a person is, the more immoral he/she is. Such claims are prevalent especially among the Malay community. May seem as a sweeping statement though.

I really hope God will not make me fall into those breed of unbecoming undergrads.

That's all for now, gonna sleep as I will be working at 7am later, and now is already 12.14am! Hahas...